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NIST HB 105-4, Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field Standard Weights and Measures 4. Specifications and Tolerances for Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Anhydrous Ammonia Pressurized Volumetic Field Standards

February 1, 2010

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris, L.F. Eason

These specifications and tolerances are recommended as minimum requirements for standards used by state and local weights and measures officials and others in

NIST HB 105-3, Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field Standard Weights and Measures, 3. Specifications and Tolerances for Graduated Neck Type Volumetric Field Standards

January 31, 2010

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris, L.F. Eason

These specifications and tolerances are recommended as minimum requirements for standards used by state and local weights and measures officials and others in

Office of Law Enforcement Standards 2-Year Road Map, FY2009-2011

January 29, 2010

Author(s)

Mark D. Stolorow

This document constitutes the 2-Year Road Map FY 2009 - 2011 for the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES), Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Office of Law Enforcement Standards Strategic Planning FY2009-2018.

January 29, 2010

Author(s)

Mark D. Stolorow

This document constitutes the ten-year Strategic Plan for FY2009-2018 for the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES), Electronic and Electrical Engineering

System Dynamics Modeling of Corn Ethanol as a Bio Transportation Fuel in the United States

January 28, 2010

Author(s)

Deogratias Kibira, Guodong Shao, Stephen -. Nowak

The production capacity of corn ethanol as a transportation fuel is experiencing rapid growth in the United States. The demand is driven by increased prices of

Security Metrics: Measurements to Support the Continued Development of Information Security Technology

January 27, 2010

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information that was presented in NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR)7564, Directions in Security Metrics Research, by Wayne Jansen

Final Report on the Collapse of the Dallas Cowboys Indoor Practice Facility, May 2, 2009 (NIST IR 7661)

January 26, 2010

Author(s)

John L. Gross, Joseph Main, Long Phan, Fahim H. Sadek, Stephen A. Cauffman, David P. Jorgensen

This report summarizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) study of the collapse of the Dallas Cowboys indoor practice facility that

Comparison Testing Protocol for Firebrand Penetration through Building Vents: Summary of BRI/NIST Full Scale and NIST Reduced Scale Results

January 25, 2010

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Seul-Hyun Park, John R. Shields, Yoshihiko Hayashi, Sayaka Suzuki

An ASTM task group on vents, organized within Subcommittee E05.14.06, External Fire Exposures, has developed a reduced scale test method (not presently a

Building and Fire Research Laboratory Activities, Accomplishments, and Recognitions, 2010

January 25, 2010

Author(s)

Kellie A. Beall, William L. Grosshandler, Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder

BFRL is involved in a wide range of scientific, engineering, and investigative work for the building and fire safety communities. We address technical

Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The XTS-AES Mode for Confidentiality on Storage Devices

January 18, 2010

Author(s)

Morris J. Dworkin

This document approves the XTS-AES mode of the AES algorithm by reference to IEEE Std 1619-2007, subject to one additional requirement, as an option for

DYNAMIC PERCEPTION WORKSHOP REPORT: Requirements and Standards for Advanced Manufacturing

January 14, 2010

Author(s)

Tsai Hong Hong, Elena R. Messina, Hui-Min Huang, Michael O. Shneier, Roger D. Eastman, Jane Shi, James Wells

The Dynamic Perception workshop was intended to further the development of standardized, reproducible, and portable test methods that can advance the technology

Overview of the TREC 2008 Blog Track

January 12, 2010

Author(s)

Ian M. Soboroff, Iadh Ounis, Craig Macdonald

The Blog track explores the information seeking behaviour in the blogosphere. The track was introduced in 2006 [1], with a main pilot search task, namely the

Complex Systems Program Activities Summary, Fiscal Years 2007-2008

January 12, 2010

Author(s)

Sanford P. Ressler

This report summarizes the work of the Complex Systems Program within NIST s Information Technology Laboratory. The Overview presents some background material

TRC Thermodynamic Tables, Non-Hydrocarbon Supplement NH-102

January 11, 2010

Author(s)

Michael D. Frenkel

(1) Tbl 24-23-10-2-(1.35000)-d: Pg d-13500, New table for chloromethylsilanes for the condensed phases at one bar, or at equilibrium vapor pressure above the

NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0

January 10, 2010

Author(s)

George W. Arnold, David A. Wollman, Gerald FitzPatrick, Dean Prochaska, David Holmberg, David H. Su, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Nada T. Golmie, Tanya L. Brewer, Mark Bello, Paul A. Boynton

Under the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is assigned "primary responsibility to

Cryptographic Key Management Workshop Summary - June 8-9, 2009

January 8, 2010

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, Dennis K. Branstad, Santosh Chokhani, Miles E. Smid

On June 8 and 9, 2009, NIST held a Cryptographic Key Management (CKM) Workshop at its Gaithersburg, Maryland, campus that attracted approximately 80 people

A Hybrid Frame Concealment Algorithm for H.264/AVC

January 5, 2010

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

In packet-based video transmissions, packets loss due to channel errors may result in the loss of the whole video frame. Recently, many error concealment

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

January 5, 2010

Author(s)

Eyvon Petty

The Time and Frequency Bulletin provides information on performance of time scales and a variety of broadcasts (and related information) to users of the NIST

Nanoscale Measurements With the TSOM Optical Method

January 4, 2010

Author(s)

Ravikiran Attota

A novel through-focus scanning optical microscope (TSOM - pronounced as 'tee-som') technique that produces nanometer dimensional measurement sensitivity using a

SRM NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog, January 2010

January 4, 2010

Author(s)

Regina R. Montgomery, Joan C. Sauerwein

NIST Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) are used by industry, government, and academia to ensure the highest quality measurements. This catalog lists over 1100